In mid-2025, BYD, the electric vehicle maker dominating the Chinese market, unveiled ultra-fast chargers capable of adding 250 miles of range in just five minutes. Now, the company has announced plans to bring these "Flash Chargers" to Europe for the first time.
According to a report by Inside EVs from March, the company planned the announcement to coincide with the European launch of its latest flagship vehicle, the Denza Z9GT, on April 8.
This new model is powered by BYD's latest battery pack, which can accept the huge amount of energy delivered by the Flash Chargers. In total, BYD claims the new battery and charger systems can deliver 97% charge in just nine minutes.
"It's all mighty impressive, but it's unclear right now whether these stats will translate over to the European version of the Denza Z9 GT," Iulian Dnistran, author of the Inside EVs report, noted.
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Dnistran explained that, while the features of these next-gen chargers are impressive, as of now, they only serve the Denza Z9 GT because most European EV batteries do not have the capacity to charge at the speeds offered by the Flash Chargers.
However, the industry is continuing to push toward faster, more powerful charging. Ionity, one of the leading ultra-fast charging networks with more than 5,000 chargers delivering up to 350 kilowatts, is now planning to roll out next-generation units capable of delivering up to 1,000 kilowatts to a single EV.
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